Annex 1- Mandatory Conditions
1. Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied:
(a) At any time when there is no designated premises supervisor (DPS) in respect of the premises licence, or
(b) At any time when the designated premises supervisor (DPS) does not hold a personal licence or his/her personal licence is suspended.
2. Every sale or supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
3. The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.
In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children -
(a) games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to -
(i) drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or
supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible
person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or
(ii) drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);
(b) provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or
discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic (other than
any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for
consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act);
(c) provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or
reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less;
(d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a
sporting event, where that provision is dependent on -
(i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or
(ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;
(e) selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the
vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or
glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable
manner.
4. The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).
5. The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
6. (a) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
(b) The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and a holographic mark.
7. The responsible person shall ensure that -
(a) where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the following measures -
(i) beer or cider: ½ pint;
(ii) gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and
(iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml; and
(b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.
8. The relevant person (the holder of the premises licence, the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence, or any member or officer of a club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question) shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.
For the purposes of this condition “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula -
P = D + (D x V)
where - (i) P is the permitted price, (ii) D is the rate of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and (iii)
V is the rate of value added tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the value added tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol;
[“value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994]
Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the operating schedule
The prevention of crime and disorder
1) CCTV shall be installed and maintained on the licensed premises.
2) No customers shall be permitted to take open containers of alcoholic drinks from the premises
3) All bottles and glasses shall be removed from public areas of the licensed premises as soon as they are finished with or empty
4) Any restrictions on the admission of children to the premises shall be displayed outside the licensed premises
5) A 30 (thirty) minute drinking-up and wind-down period, between the last sale of alcohol and closure of the premises to the public, shall be facilitated by the premises management.
6) Private functions involving licensable activities, such as birthday parties and weddings shall be limited to no more than 100 people.
7) The premises licence holder shall notify the Police in writing of any ‘special event’ days, not less than five working days prior to the event where the event is to take place under the authorisations of the premises licence. For the avoidance of doubt any events requiring notification via the Temporary Event Notice (TENS) provisions shall be subject to that separate regulatory process.
Public safety
1) A suitable and sufficient evacuation policy shall be in place and enforced in respect of the licensed premises. All staff members shall be trained in the evacuation policy.
2) An adequate and appropriate supply of first aid equipment and materials shall be available on the licensed premises.
3) A suitable and sufficient policy of public liability insurance shall be maintained in respect of the licensed premises, with valid confirmation of such insurance to be provided to the Licensing Authority upon request
The prevention of public nuisance
2) A polite notice requesting patrons leave quietly and avoid unnecessary slamming of car doors shall be placed at all exits
3) Most parties involving licensable activities shall be located in the Barn area which is separate from the Hotel and should reduce the risk of causing disturbance to persons in the immediate vicinity/hotel guests
The protection of children from harm
1) Children shall only be permitted onto the licensed premises if they are accompanied by an adult
2) There shall be no adult entertainment or services, activities, other entertainment or matters ancillary to the use of the premises that may give rise to concern in respect of children.